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Re:When murderers were hanged quickly (2014) by fmajid on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:28AM (#20164999)
Apparently the Supreme Court is interpreting the prohibition as only applying to punishment that is both cruel and unusual. Cruel alone or unusual alone is A-OK.
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Re:When murderers were hanged quickly (2014) by jMyles on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:20PM (#20167667)
To which case are you referring here?
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